My Category browse page bug

[Seth123]

Description:
Can't open a product's details from category browse page because of a missing /index.php/ in the url.
I don't bealive no one noticed this...so I thought this is my mistake...

VirtueMart Version:
VirtueMart version 1.1  - com_virtuemart_1.1.0.j15.zip from http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=31381.0

Joomla/Mambo Version:
Joomla 1.5

Steps to replicate:
When I browse the category page:
http://oneexamplesite.com/index.php/shop?page=shop.browse&category_id=2
and I click on one of the product link to see that product's details it opens the page:
http://oneexamplesite.com/shop?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=8&category_id=2&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=55
So I get a blank page because the /index.php/ seems to be missing. I can't see the product!!!

But when I click on a product in the "Featured Products" and in the "Product Scroller" on the same category page and it opens the page:
http://oneexamplesite.com/index.php/shop?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=8
and I can see the details of the product. So this is probably because /index.php/ is also in this url.

It doesn't seem to work on neither Category Browse Page.
The only difference I saw was when I changed the Category Browse Page to browse_1. Then a popup window comes up for the large image of the product. But probably this is the way it works. Anyway the only way I can see the detail of a product when I click on it in the featured product module.

Tried a few times uninstalling/installing virtuemart...didn't help.


Proposed fix(es):
Just before posting this....I changed in the global configuration of Joomla 1.5 the Search Engine Friendly URL to -> No. And after refreshing the category browse page....it worked. I can open product details now. Why didn't it work with SEF? Hope this will help You. Bye
Bugtracker task #:
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System info:
PHP Version 4.4.4-8+etch3, Apache

[websnail]

Can I just note that this bug is still in the SVN code (as at 17:40 GMT) this evening.

If you have Search Engine Friendly URL set to YES the shop borks out on some categories... So there is a confirmed issue.

Noticed this particularly with 3rd level categories (but not all) and breadcrumb categories back from those categories that did work. It seems to be fubaring the URL somehow.

[unleash.it]

Unless things have changed recently, VM 1.1 doesn't work with Joomla native SEF. However, you can install SmartSEF which supports Virtuemart: www.smartsef.org.

[websnail]

Unless things have changed recently, VM 1.1 doesn't work with Joomla native SEF. However, you can install SmartSEF which supports Virtuemart: www.smartsef.org.

Thanks for the heads up about that... much appreciated...